Re: [Lksctp-developers] Query regarding Client/server concept in SCTP

[Vlad Y. <vla...@hp...>]

Hello

In the future, please address these queries to lin...@vg...
or lks...@li....

Padmalochan Moharana wrote:
> Hi Sir,
> 
> As per the Spec
> 
> The SCTP user at an endpoint should use the ASSOCIATE primitive to
> initialize an SCTP association to another SCTP endpoint.
> 
> But implementation point of view one end should be server to accept
> the connection request from client. So endpoint implemented as client
> can not accept connection request from server.So please clarify my
> bellow doubt so that i can handle these situation in my application

First of all, if you are writing an application, you should really
be looking at the SCTP API specification.

> 
> Does the SCTP allow for an endpoint to act as both client and server?

Yes.  You have to use 1-to-many api for this.  In this case you
have a single socket that will accept new incoming associations and
can request new outgoing associations.

> If so, does it have info about how to handle race conditions, since
> either side could initiate association?
> 

The protocol handles the collision case.

-vlad

> Br,
> Padmalochan
>